Installing 2200BG wi-fi adapter

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Hobbsie · #1 Post by **Hobbsie** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 9:42 pm

I bought a brand new Intel 2200BG mini-PCI wi-fi card for my X31 (2884-25U) and get the following message after installing it: "Error 1802: Unauthorized network card installed. Shut down and remove card." No matter if I install the software first then boot up or install the card first, I get the same result. I have read the readme's and they don't help. Is this a security issue? How do I get this thing working?

G-Man · #2 Post by **G-Man** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 4:39 am

Every ThinkPad wifi card must be authorized by IBM, otherwise the TP's CMOS won't accept it. So buy one from IBM.

Regards,
G-Man

ldbobby · #3 Post by **ldbobby** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 3:26 pm

Search for this topic... there is a thread talking about a Bios hack that'll let you use it. I'm too lazy to seach for it now

Voodle · #4 Post by **Voodle** » Mon Oct 18, 2004 8:14 pm

Get this: http://jcnp.pku.edu.cn/~shadow/1802/no-1802.com

and get a bootdisk from here: www.bootdisk.com (

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run the no-1802.com from the bootdisk, et voila. It will work with any mini pci wireless card you put in it. Even better is that even the FN-F5 stuff works with it because IBM altered how their software detects which cards to work with, although download the latest hotkey drivers to be certain.

I can confirm that it works too, non-IBM Intel 2200BG working fine in an X31

skanky · #5 Post by **skanky** » Tue Oct 19, 2004 5:46 am

^^ what exactly does that fix do? im a little hesistant running things that hack the bios

Voodle · #6 Post by **Voodle** » Tue Oct 19, 2004 6:45 am

it alters a little bit of data in the CMOS, the CMOS is something that can be restored easily anyway. If you left the bios battery out, the CMOS would re-set and you'd have to run the program again

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